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Goldy @theonlytruegoldy.bsky.social · 15h

Happy birthday. :3

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walking mirage @wolf.observer · 8d

william stafford

Journey

You ramble over the wilderness, a bear or
a wolf, on the left a friend,
on the right one to watch. Eyes
give each other their flame and go out
when you meet. There was an event
so great that you study each other, but
so long ago that your shoulders forget
in a rain where later things grow.
You ramble home. What happened?
Nothing. But you study the floor.
Should you say, "I was a bear or
a wolf"? No, you can't.
But you were.

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Goldy @theonlytruegoldy.bsky.social · 1d

I'm listening...

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Holly Bear ʕ ⚆ ᴥ⚆ʔ 📖✍️ @bearhybrid.art · 1d

I have enough post-it note school doodles to make a collage :B 🗒️✏️ #BearHybridArt

A collection of post it note doodles. A grizzly catching a salmon, a howling wolf, a startled horse, a snoring brown bear, a dragon emitting smoke, scheming coyote, Kodiak bear wishing for fish, a snarling tiger, and a crybaby giraffe.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 1d

It’s really hard to describe to people who are not artists how survival mode does *not* inspire creativity, as the myth would have us believe. It suppresses creativity as you try to limit every possible risk – and the opportunities that come with them.

Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 1d

It turns out building habits and stuff actually requires not being in survival mode, who knew?!
(Yeah yeah I did)

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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 1d

Panel 1: A tiny fairy godmother from Cinderella is hovering in the air pointing her wand at a carriage in the background, with a teal primary color and gold trim. The general shape and decoration of the carriage seem to have a "rat" motif. The fair godmother says "Okay Cinderella, just to be TOTALLY CLEAR ... At the stroke of midnight, this magical carriage WILL turn back into a giant rat."

Panel 2: Cinderella, in her classic blue dress and blue headband, clasps her hands together in worry looking up at the fairy godmother, saying "OH NO!! Heaven forbid the PRINCE lays his eye on such vileness!"

Panel 3: The prince looks on as she's riding away on a giant rat into the moonlight, having dropped one of her dirty-ass sneakers in his courtyard. The prince is Shen also.

Panel 4: The prince says "that was really hot how she rode away on a giant rat."

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InkyInGreen 🍂 @blackwallmancer.bsky.social · 6d

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist):

the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much.

you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

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Goldy @theonlytruegoldy.bsky.social · 2d

*sends bear strength* ❤️

Best of luck to you.

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Holly Bear ʕ ⚆ ᴥ⚆ʔ 📖✍️ @bearhybrid.art · 2d

I realized I've -never- drawn Kovu‼️🦁 good to get back to my roots #TLK #BearHybridArt

A fully grown Kovu flexes his strength with a smirking confidant look.
( Lovely background is not mine but an edited screenshot from The Lion Guard show )

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Goldy @theonlytruegoldy.bsky.social · 2d

I'd like to do this. |3

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🃏 Cacodemon Crusher Clip 🃏 @clipthejester.bsky.social · 3d

Had a dream a while back in which I discovered the existence of the "Grave of the Fireflies/Super Mario World 2-in-1" for the Wii. It basically functioned as a DVD except for a "special features" section that literally only had an SNES emulator playing Mario World. It went for absurd prices on eBay

The cover for a fake Wii game consisting of both the 1988 Studio Ghibli film, Grave of the Fireflies, and Super Mario World; both are represented on the cover, the former by the poster of Seita carrying his sister Setsuko across a field and the latter by the artwork of Mario wearing a cape and riding Yoshi. The cover promises "TWO classics in ONE!".

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Goldy @theonlytruegoldy.bsky.social · 3d

My favorite game with this vibe is Go Vacation on the Switch.

You can walk up to a pizza truck and order a slice of pizza.

Your reward for doing this is a cutscene of your character sitting and eating a piece of pizza.

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Goldy @theonlytruegoldy.bsky.social · 3d

I have come around on the appeal of ketchup on mac and cheese, and I can only imagine that it makes sense to do ketchup and mustard when hamburger is involved.

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Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social · 3d

👉👈

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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 6d

Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today.

h/t @tisserand.bsky.social

Scan of a typed letter from 1970, from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, addressed to "Joel Lipton, 622 N. Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210"

It reads:

"Dear Joel:

I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen than it has ever been before. Certainly all any of us can do is follow our own conscience and retain faith in our democracy. Sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call "American Virtues" who lack this faith in our country.

I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities.

Sincerely yours,

Charles M. Schulz"

At bottom is an illustration of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, a kite wrapped around the dog house.

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Goldy @theonlytruegoldy.bsky.social · 3d

*soft pets* <3

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Goldy @theonlytruegoldy.bsky.social · 4d

Eyyyy, congrats, I know how that feels. |3

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Goldy @theonlytruegoldy.bsky.social · 4d

*CHAWM*

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Goldy @theonlytruegoldy.bsky.social · 4d

"You can train yourself to notice when FOMO and/or the urge to “look like someone who likes the right kinds of games” sets in, and to reject that feeling."

Took me a while to learn this, but so much happier when I did.

There's a lot of art in games, but also a lot of "product".

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Maximum Utmost @maxutmost.com · 4d

Good news! It's a @tronknotts.bsky.social article, and he's out for blood!

maxutmost.com/grand-theft-...

Grand Theft Auto 6 probably won’t be that important

“Is that an intentionally provocative headline?” you ask? Er, I guess. What’s more provocative to me personally, and the reason I wanted to write this, is the ugly idea that some games …

maxutmost.com

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Goldy @theonlytruegoldy.bsky.social · 4d

Picturing a smug bunny with just like

DUMMY THICC ears

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Rabosa al Forn @rabosaalforn.bsky.social · 4d

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fishttp:// @fishttp.website · 7d

all mammals share an instinct to destroy their ancient enemy, the loathsome gourd

Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 7d

let the gourd times roll

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Jonathan Holmes, Original Chungus @tronknotts.bsky.social · 4d

This is me but instead of taking estrogen it's turning 40 years old

Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 12d

Early transition Alex still looking like a boy with stubble balances a pill of estradiol on her thumb and asks herself "I wonder what the biggest change on estrogen will be." Alex pops the pill on her tongue. She says "I no longer care for the movies of Quentin Tarantino." A look of passionate sadness comes over her face and she continues "except for Jackie Brown, which I relate to even more."

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Howard Ashman 🔪stab🔪 account @michaelchu7.bsky.social · Feb 14

You: They did the math.

Me: ᵀʰᵉʸ ᵈⁱᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵒⁿˢᵗᵉʳ ᵐᵃᵗʰ

You: What was that?

Me: Nothing.

Me three hours later in a whisper: ᴵᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵃ ᵍʳᵃᵛᵉʸᵃʳᵈ ᵍʳᵃᵖʰ

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